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In this paper, we consider the problem of effectively programming groups of agents. These groups should capture structuring mechanisms common in multi-agent systems, such as teams, cooperative groups, and organisations. Not only should individual agents be dynamic and evolving, but the groups in which the agents occur must be open, flexible and capable of similar evolution and restructuring. We enable the description and implementation of such groups by providing an extension to our previous work on programming languages for agent-based systems based on executable temporal and modal logics. With such formalism as a basis, we consider the grouping aspects within multi-agent systems. In particular, we describe how this logic-based approach to grouping has been implemented in Java and consider how this language can be used for developing multi-agent systems.
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Fisher, M., Ghidini, C., Hirsch, B. (2004). Programming Groups of Rational Agents. In: Dix, J., Leite, J. (eds) Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems. CLIMA 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3259. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30200-1_2
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